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The 10 Things Your Kids Don't Want You To Know About Snapchat

1.) Snapchat is often used as another form of "sexting".
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2.) Snapchat is often used by young people between the ages of 18-29 who "sexts" the most.
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3.) Though the picture deletes itself, the person viewing it can still grab a copy by taking a screenshot.
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4.) There are websites where explicit screenshots of Snapchat pictures live and are often updated with new photos daily.
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5.) Snapchat can be used by identity thieves to use pictures and pose them as their own.
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6.) These photos, though "deleted" can still be used in court cases if there is a need to!
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7.) Depending on which carrier you have, your photos may not be deleted but just hidden from you. This means photos can still be retrieved!
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8.) Snapchat, has been in the past, used as a form of bullying in schools.
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9.) Though it is a photo sharing site meant to be sent to friends, the app was not built to be "Private" photo sharing!
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10.) Under the terms of service you can read this: âAlthough we attempt to delete image data as soon as possible after the message is transmitted, we cannot guarantee that the message contents will be deleted in every case.â
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